The Rivals – Sheridan – By – B. B. Jain

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ISBN-978-93-86544-97-1  SHERIDAN THE RIVALS * DR. B.B. JAIN

 

Edited with: A Critical Introduction, Text with Paraphrase, Character- sketches, Notes, Important Explanations, Questions and Answers,etc

ISBN-978-93-87346-52-9  SHERIDAN THE RIVALS With Hindi * DR. B.B. JAIN

 

Edited with: General Introduction, Special Introduction, Summary, of the play in English and Hindi, Text with Paraphrase, Character Sketches, Model Explanations, Question and Answers, etc.

 

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

The Age of Johnson

Life of Sheridan

A General Estimate of Sheridan as a Dramatist

A Chronology of Main Events

SPECIAL INTRODUCTION

Occasion, Date of Composition and Production and Popularity

Sources of the Play

The Title of the Play

The Rivals as a Farcical Comedy

‘The Rivals’ as a Satiric Portraiture of Contemporary Society

Picture of Social Life in Bath

Sheridan’s Art of Characterization

Malapropism

Critics on ‘The Rivals’

SUMMARY (Act I, II, III, IV, V)

SHERIDAN’S PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION OF ‘THE RIVALS’

TEXT, PARAPHRASE AND WORLD MEANINGS

CHARACTER SKETCHES

MODEL EXPLANATIONS

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS